condemn (someone or something) as (something)

condemn (someone or something) for (something)

To judge someone or something harshly for a particular action. The other troops have condemned me for consorting with a known enemy.The actress was quick to condemn the newspaper for spreading lies about her.

condemn someone as something

condemn someone for something

to blame or judge someone for something or for having done something. I really can't condemn her for doing it. I would have done the same too.Don't condemn yourself for the accident. It was no one's fault.

condemn someone to something

[for a judge] to sentence someone to something; to relegate someone to a particular punishment. By confessing, he condemned himself to many years in prison.I don't want to condemn you to a life of unpleasantness.

Tueni was killed six year ago because he, with his pen, voice and television appearances, together with another martyred colleague, the talented journalist and writer Samir Kassir, were among the earliest condemners of the dictatorship of the oppressive regime in Damascus.

Delinquent persons neutralize their negative feelings by using one of five techniques: denial of responsibility, denial of injury, denial of the victim, condemnation of the condemners, and an appeal to higher loyalties.

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